Tony Blair

The latest news and opinion on Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Labour Party

How Nicola Sturgeon went from victim of sexism to hate figure for feminists Euan McColm

Keir Starmer and the UK do not have their troubles to seek, with low growth and higher than expected inflation (Picture: Henry Nicholls/WPA pool)

Labour clinging onto 'Things Can Only Get Better' - but will they? Scotsman comment

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Exclusive Work begins on 'ground-breaking' new centre at Scottish private school

The coffin of Lord John Prescott is carried into Hull Minster, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire for his funeral service. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Mourners pay tribute to 'working-class hero' John Prescott at funeral

Tony Blair was cautious during the 1997 general election campaign, but brought in several big ticket reforms within months of winning power (Picture: Tom Stoddart Archive/Hulton Archive)

Comparing Starmer to Blair reveals PM's shocking lack of ideas Alistair Carmichael

Tributes to a true giant of politics as John Prescott dies aged 86

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Exclusive Two more Edinburgh private schools reveal fees after VAT change

Lord Mandelson will deliver the speech in Edinburgh on Thursday

New Labour boss issues 'doom loop' message as £25bn tax rises 'needed'

SNP needs to be hoisted out of power, but will Labour be any better? Joyce McMillan

Analysis 1997 v 2024: Why this Labour election landslide will feel very different

Author JK Rowling. Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

JK Rowling accuses Labour of ‘abandoning’ women over transgender rights

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Why Tony Blair says Scottish independence is ‘further away than ever'

The four letter word which is the key to growing old successfully Susan Dalgety

Could today’s generation meet the challenge of D-Day? Stephen Jardine

Analysis Who won the ITV general election leaders' debate?

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) talks with England striker Harry Kane back in October.

Keir Starmer seems like a football man, Rishi Sunak we're not sure about

Michael Gove is standing down. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Michael Gove to stand down at election, joining mass exodus of Tory MPs

SNP will claim Labour government won't change anything. Trust me, it will Brian Wilson

Frank Field was a tireless campaigner on social reform (Picture: Isabel Infantes/AFP)

Scotsman Obituaries: Frank Field, Labour Party political maverick

Former prime minister Liz Truss has written a book that has an interesting perception of reality.

Reviewed: Six of the worst books by politicians

New polling makes grim reading for SNP MPs hoping to return to Westminster at the next election.

SNP could slip to just 19 seats after next election, poll suggests

Former prime minister Tony Blair with his deputy prime minister John Prescott and chief of staff Jonathan Powell. Image: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images.

Scottish Labour predicts an election victory like that of Tony Blair in 1997

Inside new wellbeing hub planned for Fettes College. Image: Fettes College and Page/Park Architects

Work due to start on 'world leading' wellbeing centre at Fettes College

TV presenter Kate Garraway returned to ITV's Good Morning Britain via a videolink on Monday morning (February 5). Credit: ITV

Kate Garraway to return to TV following husband's funeral

Tony Blair walks to a cabinet meeting flanked by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott (left) and chief of staff Jonathan Powell in 2007 (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Brian Wilson would know all about 'secretive cabals'

The amount of education people receive can have a dramatic effect on their health (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Staggering health benefits of education highlight the folly of populist politics

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Image: Andrii Nesterenko/Getty Images.

New poll predicts Conservative wipeout at 2024 general election

Scotland deserves better than Starmer's Tory-lite Blair tribute act Keith Brown

English broadcaster and journalist Kate Garraway stands with her husband Derek Draper and her parents Gordon and Marilyn Garraway, as she poses with their medal after being appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). Picture: Andrew Matthews/AFP via Getty Images

Kate Garraway's husband Derek Draper dies following Covid battle

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech in Bristol.

Keir Starmer promises hope but speech shows party wary of what it can deliver

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose Labour government considered setting up a holding camp on the Isle of Mull in an attempt to drive down the numbers of asylum seekers entering in the UK.

Tony Blair’s Government considered placing asylum holding camp on Isle of Mull

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Deadline approaching for fully-funded places at Edinburgh's Fettes College

Tony and Cherie Blair arrive at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral to pay their respects to Alistair Darling. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Tributes paid to Alistair Darling: chancellor, family man and tractor enthusiast

The Crown review: A funny, moving, five-star finale

Why would anyone want to be Tory leader, a job with zero prospects Alexander Brown

Is First Minister Humza Yousaf's government too cagey over requests for information? (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Scottish Government redefines English language

Thatcher wouldn't think much of Starmer's stance on private school fees John McLellan

Margaret Thatcher looking pensive at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool in 1985. PIC: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Sir Keir Starmer criticised for praising Margaret Thatcher

Scotland has lost a very fine man and I will miss him Euan McColm

The-then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III, talks with former American secretary of state Dr Henry Kissinger during the Britain In The World conference at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Picture: PA

Former US secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100

One of two Caledonian Macbrayne ferries being built in the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde. Picture: PA

Labour peer says delayed ferries have 'robbed taxpayers'

Tony Blair speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York. Picture: Getty Images

Blair acting as broker for Sir Keir Starmer in Middle East
Tony Blair is acting as a broker for Sir Keir Starmer in the Middle East, helping him to build relationships with regional leaders including the Israeli PM Ben...

Right-wing populists seem hellbent on trashing the West’s finest principles Joyce McMillan

Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon joins Scottish political party leaders as they take part in a motion of condolence at the Scottish Parliament in 2021. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell - Pool/Getty Images

Cameron claims offer to attend Holyrood annually for scrutiny never taken up

Edinburgh's Simon Webster gets in ahead of Leinster's Rob Kearney to score a try in the Celtic League match at Donnybrook on November 6, 2005. It was the last time Edinburgh won in Dublin. (Picture: Julien Behal/PA)

Edinburgh, Leinster, the 18-year Dublin hex and why this is the time to believe

Terrified Tories struggle for strategy as Keir Starmer shows he's ready to win Alexander Brown

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer joined Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and MP-elect Michael Shanks to celebrate the latter's victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: By-election shows tide is turning for Labour in Scotland

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer joined Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar (right) and MP-elect Michael Shanks (centre) to celebrate Shanks' victory in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Curtice: Labour could win 40 seats in Scotland if swing replicated at election

Exclusive Fettes College bursary offered to disadvantaged pupils from across Scotland

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer discuss politics during the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's Future of Britain Conference earlier this year.

SNP say praise from Tony Blair should ‘mortify’ Keir Starmer

Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales in The Crown. Picture: PA

Diana’s death ‘will be covered sensitively’ in The Crown

Readers' Letters

Labour MP Ann Clwyd became the oldest woman to sit in the House of Commons (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Scotsman Obituaries: Ann Clwyd, Long-serving Welsh Labour MP

Glenda Jackson holding the Oscar which she won for her role as Gudrun in Women in Love (Photo by Mike Lawn/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Obituary: Glenda Jackson, Oscar-winning actress turned Labour politician

Oscar-winning actress and former MP Glenda Jackson dies at 87. Picture: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions

Two-time Oscar-winning actress turned Labour MP Glenda Jackson dies age 87

Michael Sheen in BBC1's Staged where he gets to be as Welsh as he wants to be - but he'd be depriving himself of work if it was all local roles for local actors

Aidan Smith: Why local roles for local people just wouldn't work

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries